Episode 7 Imeall Geal

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# Oh, the isolation It's a sticky situation

# In your mind

# Oh-oh

# Every conversation has a different destination

# To be found

# After I've been to Heaven I can even count to seven

# Out of time

# Oh-oh

# Life has done me over and the talk has knocked me sober

# It's a crime

-# Where can I go from here?

-Where can I go?

# Where can I go?

# Where can I go?

-# Where can I go from here?

-Where can I go?

# Where can I go? Where can I go?

# Answers on a postcard

# Common equilibrium is swinging like a pendulum

# Around

# Oh-oh

# Silence is the enemy Serenity's a memory

# Unfound

# I cannot believe it when my heart is on my sleeve

# I am alive

# Oh-oh

# Calling me a masochist when really I'm a pacifist

# Gone wild

-# Where can I go from here?

-Where can I go?

# Where can I go? Where can I go?

-# Where can I go from here?

-Where can I go?

# Where can I go? Where can I go?

# Answers on a postcard

Woo!

# Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-

# Da-a-a-a

# Do-do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

# Oh, yeah

-# Where can I go from here?

-Where can I go?

# Where can I go? Where can I go?

-# Where can I go from here?

-Where can I go?

# Where can I go? Where can I go?

# Answers on a postcard. #

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-Well done. How are you keeping?

-I'm great. How are you?

Not too bad at all.

Tell me, first of all - Pugwash. Any relation to Captain Pugwash?

-Where did the name come from?

-Yes, that was the name.

It was taken back in the mid-'90s by me because I looked like him,

and it went on and we got a lot of American fans.

It's the capital of Nova Scotia.

It also means "spiritual pool" in India.

-But it's a term in America that I can't say.

-OK.

-Why's that?

-I'll tell you afterwards.

-OK. Not on live TV?

-No.

Not on any TV!

Tell me about the musical influence of everyone in the band,

because you've been compared to...

People say your influence has been the Beatles, ELO, Beach Boys.

How do you feel about that?

Yes, we all love that trio of bands because they are the gods,

but Joey's into a lot of ska and reggae and soul,

as is Tosh. Small Faces, of course - a lot of great '60s bands.

I'm a big fan of the Move. '60s band ELO of course, as well.

And Shaun's into many things.

Talk to me about some of the album, because I know...

Maybe you haven't been asked this before, but you had a collaboration

-with Neil Hannon on a cricketing theme album.

-Who?

-I know - who's Neil Hannon?

-Dave Hammond.

We did BBC breakfast telly during the Duckworth Lewis Method thing...

-Ah.

-And he was introduced as Dave Hammond.

-No way.

So we call him Dave ever since.

Neil Hannon and the cricket theme. Tell me about the Duckworth Lewis Method.

We just wrote songs for other people.

We got to know each other in Dublin.

We just really got on very well and we wrote some songs together

for, like, Kylie Minogue and Tina Turner, but they weren't taken.

They were sent back and said, "Thanks very much, but..."

They were good songs, so we said one day, "What about cricket lyrics?"

Just for a laugh - instead of "I love you, you love me."

That was me talking to Dave, because we do love each other. We're in a relationship.

You're writing songs for Kylie Minogue,

is it difficult to have your song sent back?

-Is that kind of...?

-God, no.

I get milk sent back. I send everything back.

People send everything back to me.

No, it's never bothered me because these things are always taken on

by Swedish pop writers or whatever, people who are millionaires.

Sometimes one or two get through, but we were happy it came back to us

because it ended up being Ivor Novello nominated.

-Yay!

-Excellente.

I get a tenner every time I mention the Ivor Novello nomination.

Tell me about The Olympus Sound, your latest Pugwash collection.

-Yes.

-What has been the inspiration for the songs on that?

It was a pretty dark period in my life, the last couple of years.

I had a bit of a health scare and I gave up drink

and gave up all the bad things. I took up byying guitars.

There's a lot of kind of darkness to my stuff anyway,

a lot of dark edges and stuff, but it's always poppy.

There's always a bit of pop.

So it's a bit of a dark record but it's a very personal record as well,

but we made it as a band.

These four people here you see made that record in three weeks

in Dublin. We're very proud of it.

Now that that period maybe is behind you,

are you looking forward now to another album - a more upbeat album?

-Oh, for God's sake! Another one?!

-Another one, yes!

-I've had six!

God knows we've had six. We've a great back catalogue.

All our back catalogue is coming out in Japan next year

and we're going to get The Olympus Sound into America as well,

so we can't wait to go on tour there.

-Well, enjoy. Thomas, thanks a million for chatting. Thanks, lads, for being with us tonight.

-Thanks.

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# Nach ar an mbaile seo chonaic me an t-ionas

# Ag Donncha Ban is e dha dhaoradh

# Bhi bairead ban air in ait a hata

# Agus ropa cnaibe in ait a charabhata. #

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# I wanna hypnotise you, baby On the telephone... #

# If I can be so bold. #

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